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witter
1 ENTRIES FOUND:
witter
(verb)
witter
/
ˈ
wɪtɚ/
verb
witters
;
wittered
;
wittering
witter
/
ˈ
wɪtɚ/
verb
witters
;
wittered
;
wittering
Britannica Dictionary definition of WITTER
[
no object
]
British, informal
:
to talk for a long time about something that is not important or interesting
—
often +
on
She
wittered on
[=
prattled on
] about her health problems.
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